{"id":1345,"date":"2025-04-18T09:26:18","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T09:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.phithuongbatphu.com\/?p=1345"},"modified":"2025-04-23T01:25:44","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T01:25:44","slug":"homeless-man-accused-of-2000-dine-and-dash-at-5-star-dorchester-hotel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.phithuongbatphu.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/18\/homeless-man-accused-of-2000-dine-and-dash-at-5-star-dorchester-hotel\/","title":{"rendered":"Homeless man accused of \u00a32,000 \u2018dine and dash\u2019 at 5-star Dorchester Hotel"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22931194 lazyload\" alt=\"London, UK, April 1, 2012 : The Dorchester Hotel advertising logo sign outside its hotel in Park Lane Mayfair Hyde Park which is a popular travel destination tourist landmark of the city centre; Shutterstock ID 1914916096; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.phithuongbatphu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/SEI_199138938-8957.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>Mikko Luistinen, 58, is said to have tucked into a sumptuous meal with wine worth \u00a31,936 at the five-star Dorchester Hotel on Park Lane, in May 2022 with no intention of paying (Picture: Shutterstock\/Tony Baggett)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>A <a data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/homelessness\/\">homeless<\/a> man accused of shirking the bill after enjoying a lavish meal at one of <a data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/london\/\">London<\/a>\u2019s most prestigious hotels has appeared in court.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mikko Luistinen, 58, is said to have tucked into a sumptuous meal with wine worth \u00a31,936 at the five-star Dorchester Hotel on Park Lane, in May 2022 with no intention of paying.<\/p>\n<p>Staff called the police, and he was arrested but then failed to appear in&nbsp;court&nbsp;after being granted bail.<\/p>\n<p>A warrant was issued for his arrest, and he was finally arrested earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>Wearing a green jumper with matching trousers, Luistinen spoke only to confirm his name and date of birth at Westminster Magistrates&nbsp;Court&nbsp;on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>But a Finnish interpreter was not available to assist him and the case had to be put back.<\/p>\n<p>District Judge Briony Clarke said she was \u2018very sorry\u2019 the&nbsp;court&nbsp;had again been able to find an interpreter.<\/p>\n<p>The matter was adjourned again until Tuesday 22 April for a Finnish interpreter to appear via videolink.<\/p>\n<p>Luistinen, of no fixed address, is accused of obtaining services dishonestly and failing to surrender to custody.<\/p>\n<p>He remains remanded in custody.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong><strong><strong>Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:webnews@metro.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">webnews@metro.co.uk<\/a>.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>For more stories like this, <\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>check our news page<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mikko Luistinen, 58, is said to have tucked into a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1347,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-london"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.phithuongbatphu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.phithuongbatphu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.phithuongbatphu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.phithuongbatphu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.phithuongbatphu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1345"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.phithuongbatphu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1345\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1348,"href":"http:\/\/www.phithuongbatphu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1345\/revisions\/1348"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.phithuongbatphu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.phithuongbatphu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.phithuongbatphu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.phithuongbatphu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}